WSJ Joins the Blogging Crowd
The newest entrants to the blogosphere is none other than the WSJ. They are now running at least two three distinct blogs I know of, with...
FT is free this week
Following similar promotions by Barrons Online and the WSJ, the Financial Times is free this week. http://news.ft.com/home/us
Read it here first: Rebates Suck
I’ve long railed against the rip off (2003) that is mail-in consumer rebates. I applauded Best Buy’s decision to drop them,...
The Backward Business of Short Selling
If you haven’t already, I strongly admonish you to go read Jesse Eisinger’s column today: It’s a Tough Job, So Why Do...
Do Amercians Support a Gas Tax?
Here’s something that is a bit of a surprise: While most Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to a higher federal gasoline tax,...
Is the Fed Done? Depends on What Page You’re Reading
Inflation remains a worry for some Fed officials, and might require further rate hikes. Or, the Fed is nearly done with their tightening...
Twilight of the Blogs
Big props to Dan Gross at Slate for his shout out in his latest column: "As a cultural phenomenon, blogs are in their gangly...
A Year of Panic Redux
That didn’t take very long, did it? Last week, we discussed Citibank’s Panic/Euphoria chart in A Full Year of Panic ? (I...
The Onion Once Again Foreshadows Reality
Its astonishing how prescient the Onion parodies have been over time: This one is from February 2004 — 2 years ago . . . >...
Read it here first: ‘Mad Money’ Madness in NYT
Continuing on our going series of scooping the MSM, today we look at a mostly positive article in Monday’s NYT on Jim...